Realistic Fiction also includes humorous fiction, animal stories and sport stories
- Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
- Almost Home by Joan Bauer
- Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
- Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
- Big Nate: in a class by himself by Lincoln Peirce
- Bulu: African Wonder Dog by Dick Houston
- The Candymakers by Wendy Mass
- Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
- The Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler
- The Devil's Bridge by Cynthia DeFelice
- Dewey the Library Cat: a true story by Vicki Myron
- Dog Diaries: #1 Ginger, #2 Buddy #3 Barry by Kate Klimo
- A Dog's Life: the autobiography of a stray by Ann Martin
- Dovey Coe by Frances O'Roark Dowell
- Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pies by Jordan Sonnenblick
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
- Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
- The Fast and F
- Firegirl by Tony Abbott
- Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
- Football Genius by Tim Green
- Heat by Mike Lupica
- Horse Diaries
- How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes Are Untied by Jess Keating
- Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery by John Feinstein
- The Light on Hogback Hill by Cynthia DeFelice
- The Million Dollar Putt by Dan Gutman
- Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze by Alan Silberberg
- Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson
- Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
- Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng
- The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick
- Mr. Chickee's Funny Money by Paul Christopher Curtis
- My Life in Pink & Green by Lisa Greenwald
- Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
- The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
- Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
- The Outside of a Horse: a novel by Ginny Rorby
- Paperboy by Vince Vawter
- Petey by Ben Mikaelsen
- Pie by Sarah Weeks
- Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
- Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
- Rules by Cynthia Lord
- Sasquatch in the Paint by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- The Shadow Club by Neal Shusterman
- Slob by Ellen Potter
- Smells Like Dog by Suzanne Selfors
- Smile by Raina Telgemeier
- Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
- The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (humorous fiction) by Tom Angleberger
- Swindle by Gordon Korman
- Tangerine by Edward Bloor
- The Trouble with Tuck by Theodore Taylor
- The TV Kid by Betsy Byars
- Unstoppable by Tim Green
- A Whole Nother Story by Dr. Cuthbert Soup
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
- Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina by Rodman Philbrick